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Practice Exercises Index

We offer interactive versions of some of our exercises; you can complete them online and check your answers. (If you'd like versions of the exercises that you can print out, visit our printer-friendly handouts index.)

Just click on any of the links below to the exercise. If you have any problems with the exercises, send us an e-mail at problem@owl.english.purdue.edu. More exercises will be added as we develop them.

English as a Second Language

• Adjective or Adverb: Exercise 1
• Adjective or Adverb: Exercise 2
• Prepositions of Direction: To, On (to), In (to)
• Prepositions of Location: At, In, On

Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling

• Accept and Except Practice
• Affect and Effect Practice
• Apostrophes: Exercise 1
• Apostrophes: Exercise 2
• Commas vs. Semicolons: Exercise 1
• Commas vs. Semicolons: Exercise 2
• Commas with Nonessential Elements: Exercise 1
• Commas with Nonessential Elements: Exercise 2
• Commas with Nonessential Elements: Exercise 3
• I/E Spelling Rules: Exercise 1
• I/E Spelling Rules: Exercise 2
• I/E Spelling Rules: Exercise 3
• I/E Spelling Rules: Exercise 4
• Sentence Fragments: Exercise 1
• Using Commas: Exercise 1
• Using Commas: Exercise 2
• Using Commas: Exercise 3
• Using Commas: Exercise 4
• Using Commas: Exercise 5
• Words that Sound Alike: Exercise 1

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